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Chelsea recorded a
4-2 friendly win over Werder Bremen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eden Hazard opened the scoring on seven minutes, firing home
following a short corner, and the Belgian was involved in the build-up when
Oscar added a second two minutes later.

Bremen's veteran striker Claudio Pizarro scored against his
former club from the penalty spot on 33 minutes after Nemanja Matic had fouled
Zlatko Junuzovic.

Diego Costa made it 3-1 just before the half-time break
after superb work from Hazard, but the Bundesliga side again reduced the
deficit through substitute Lennart Thy's low drive in the second half.

Pedro Rodriguez had the final word after he collected a Cesc
Fabregas pass that had been flicked on by Michy Batshuayi.

Theo Walcott boosted his confidence by scoring the decisive
goal for Arsenal in a 3-2 victory over
Manchester City on Sunday in their final preseason warmup ahead of the new
season.

Walcott made a perfect run into the box to meet Alexis
Sanchez's pass and chipped a delicate finish over the onrushing Joe Hart to
make it 2-1 in the 73rd minute as the Gunners came from a goal down in the
second half.

Substitute Chuba Akpom then made sure of the Gunners' fourth
straight preseason win in the 85th minute before Kelechi Iheanacho pulled one
back for City.

Jurgen Klopp's return to Mainz -- a team he played for and
managed -- was not a happy one as his much-changed Liverpool side suffered a 4-0 loss in their final preseason
friendly of the summer.

After Saturday's 4-0 win over Barcelona, the Reds'
performance against the Bundesliga outfit in Germany was abject, with goals
from Daniel Brosinski, Jhon Cordoba, Yunus Malli and Yoshinori Muto condemning
them to a deserved defeat.

There are further injury worries for the Liverpool boss
after midfielder Marko Grujic landed awkwardly on his ankle and had to come off
in the 40th minute at the Opel Arena.

Juventus beat West
Ham United 3-2 in a game staged at the Hammers' new London Stadium, with
Simone Zaza scoring a late winner for the Italian champions.

Juventus began brightly, and were 2-0 up, before being
pegged back by two Andy Carroll strikes.

The visitors came close to re-establishing a lead when
Hernanes struck the bar and finally grabbed a winner in the 85th minute when a
long pass from substitute centre-back Luca Marrone found Zaza in open space,
and he finished well, guiding his shot past Adrian.

Southampton recorded
a 1-0 win over La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. Nathan Redmond had come close to giving Saints the lead on
41 minutes but saw his effort pushed onto the post by goalkeeper Iago Herrerin.

Shortly afterwards, Shane Long raced clear through on goal
from Steven Davis' pass before casually slotting past the advancing Herrerin
from just outside the area, and that proved enough to secure victory.

Schalke saw off Serie
A side Fiorentina by a final score of 3-1 at the Veltins Arena.

Cameroonian Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored in the third
minute to put the hosts in front, with Nikola Kalinic levelling for Fiorentina
before the break.

Naldo put Schalke back in front in the 70th minute before
Choupo-Moting added a second before full-time to seal the win.